HOLLYWOOD VICTORY CARAVAN:

An Inventory of Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Title:Hollywood Victory Caravan.
Dates:1942.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Views of the Hollywood Victory Caravan's (also referred to as Stars of Victory Caravan) appearances in Minneapolis and St. Paul in May 1942. The caravan included motion picture actors and actresses and entertainers who traveled the country raising funds for the war effort. Views include the stars arrival and greeting by crowds of fans, posed photographs, and the Army Navy Relief Show in Minneapolis. Stars included Eleanor Powell, Bert Lahr, Groucho Marx, Rise Stevens, Desi Arnaz, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Joan Bennett, Joan Blondell, Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Cary Grant, Pat O'Brien, Bing Crosby, Merle Oberon, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, and Bob Hope. Printed from negatives removed from the Minneapolis newspapers negative collection at the Minnesota Historical Society.
Quantity:39 photographs: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 39 photographs: negative, black and white; 5 x 6 inches and smaller.
Location:I.204: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Hollywood Victory Caravan. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Processing Information:

Negatives: Copy negatives made by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Processed by: Nancy Devine, February 1998.

Catalog ID number: 990016915680104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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I.204.1Members of the Hollywood Victory Caravan posed on a baggage cart at the train depot, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Members of the Hollywood Victory Caravan posed on a baggage cart at the train depot, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.2Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe arriving at Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe arriving at Nicollet Hotel, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.3Bing Crosby peers at crowds from bus window enroute to Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Bing Crosby peers at crowds from bus window enroute to Nicollet Hotel, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.4Charles Boyer at Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Charles Boyer at Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.5Stars of Victory Caravan arriving at Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Stars of Victory Caravan arriving at Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.6Hollywood Victory Caravan arrives in Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Hollywood Victory Caravan arrives in MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.7Mary Brown, Minneapolis Star Journal staff writer, interviewing Charles Boyer in Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Mary Brown, Minneapolis Star Journal staff writer, interviewing Charles Boyer in MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.8Mary Brown, Minneapolis Star Journal staff writer, interviewing Olivia DeHavilland, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Mary Brown, Minneapolis Star Journal staff writer, interviewing Olivia DeHavilland, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.9Joan Blondell at Milwaukee station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Joan Blondell at Milwaukee station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.10Bing Crosby, flanked by starlets Frances Gifford and Katherine Booth emerge from the Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Bing Crosby, flanked by starlets Frances Gifford and Katherine Booth emerge from the Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.11Rise Stevens, Eleanor Powell and Pat O'Brien walk through the train shed to board a bus for the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Rise Stevens, Eleanor Powell and Pat O'Brien walk through the train shed to board a bus for the Nicollet Hotel, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.12Fans await arrival of the Hollywood Victory Caravan at Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Fans await arrival of the Hollywood Victory Caravan at Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.13Fans line Washington Avenue to see the movie stars in Minneapolis for the Army-Navy Relief Show, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Fans line Washington Avenue to see the movie stars in Minneapolis for the Army-Navy Relief ShowDigital image
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I.204.14Fans view the arrival of the movie stars from the Victory Caravan from atop the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Fans view the arrival of the movie stars from the Victory Caravan from atop the Nicollet Hotel, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.15Part of the crowd of thousands lining Washington Avenue to welcome the arrival of the movie stars in the Victory Caravan, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Part of the crowd of thousands lining Washington Avenue to welcome the arrival of the movie stars in the Victory Caravan, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.16News photographers at Hollywood Victory Caravan arrival at Milwaukee depot, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
News photographers at Hollywood Victory Caravan arrival at Milwaukee depot, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.17Fans eagerly await arrival of motion picture stars for Army-Navy Relief Show, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Fans eagerly await arrival of motion picture stars for Army-Navy Relief Show, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.18Virginia Klein does not let the guards spoil her view of the screen stars at the Milwaukee Depot, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Virginia Klein does not let the guards spoil her view of the screen stars at the Milwaukee Depot, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.19Two young girls poke their heads between state guardsmen to get a good look at their favorite motion picture stars, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Two young girls poke their heads between state guardsmen to get a good look at their favorite motion picture stars, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.20Jimmie and Alice May Sebesta slipped under the police barricade to get a close-up peek at the stars as they left their train, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Jimmie and Alice May Sebesta slipped under the police barricade to get a close-up peek at the stars as they left their train, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.21Fans greet stars on their arrival in Minneapolis at Milwaukee Station, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Fans greet stars on their arrival in Minneapolis at Milwaukee StationDigital image
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I.204.22Dorothy Utecht, drum majorette of the St. Paul American Legion drum corps, welcomes the Hollywood Victory Caravan at the Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Dorothy Utecht, drum majorette of the St. Paul American Legion drum corps, welcomes the Hollywood Victory Caravan at the Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.23Youngsters try to catch a glimpse of the stars as they arrive at Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Youngsters try to catch a glimpse of the stars as they arrive at Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.24Guards keep fans back when Victory Caravan arrives in Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Guards keep fans back when Victory Caravan arrives in MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.25Guards try to keep curious fans behind barricades when the Victory Caravan arrived at Milwaukee Station, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Guards try to keep curious fans behind barricades when the Victory Caravan arrived at Milwaukee Station, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.26Adjutant General Ellard A. Walsh welcomes Victory Caravan troupe to St. Paul, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Adjutant General Ellard A. Walsh welcomes Victory Caravan troupe to St. PaulDigital image
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I.204.27Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe in St. Paul, left to right: Joan Bennett, Eleanor Powell, Katherine Booth, Alma Carroll and Francis Gifford, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe in St. Paul, left to right: Joan Bennett, Eleanor Powell, Katherine Booth, Alma Carroll and Francis GiffordDigital image
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I.204.28Hollywood Victory Caravan in St. Paul, left to right: Cary Grant, Olivia DeHavilland, Marie McDonald, Joan Blondell and Joan Bennett, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Hollywood Victory Caravan in St. Paul, left to right: Cary Grant, Olivia DeHavilland, Marie McDonald, Joan Blondell and Joan BennettDigital image
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I.204.29St. Paul welcomes the Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
St. Paul welcomes the Hollywood Victory Caravan troupeDigital image
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I.204.30Joan Blondell and Joan Bennett escorted down steps during Victory Caravan stop in St. Paul, May 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Joan Blondell and Joan Bennett escorted down steps during Victory Caravan stop in St. PaulDigital image
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I.204.31Cary Grant and members of the Victory Caravan greeting St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty, St.Paul, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 6 inches
Cary Grant and members of the Victory Caravan greeting St. Paul Winter Carnival royalty, St.PaulDigital image
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I.204.32Bing Crosby and Claudette Colbert do a bit of clowning at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Bing Crosby and Claudette Colbert do a bit of clowning at the Nicollet Hotel, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.33Joan Bennett at the Nicollet Hotel with the Victory Caravan, Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Joan Bennett at the Nicollet Hotel with the Victory Caravan, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.34Cary Grant in his room at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis; he was a member of the Hollywood Victory Caravan, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Cary Grant in his room at the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis; he was a member of the Hollywood Victory CaravanDigital image
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I.204.35Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell make their daily entry into the Victory Caravan log book enroute to Minneapolis, May 8, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Frank McHugh, Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell make their daily entry into the Victory Caravan log book enroute to MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.36Olivia DeHavilland in Minneapolis for the Army-Navy Relief Show; being interviewed by Mary Brown of the Minneapolis Tribune, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Olivia DeHavilland in Minneapolis for the Army-Navy Relief Show; being interviewed by Mary Brown of the Minneapolis TribuneDigital image
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I.204.37Starlet Alma Carroll with military chaperones, Minneapolis, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Starlet Alma Carroll with military chaperones, MinneapolisDigital image
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I.204.38Bob Hope and Cary Grant in the Army-Navy Relief Show at the Minneapolis Auditorium, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 4 x 5 inches
Bob Hope and Cary Grant in the Army-Navy Relief Show at the Minneapolis AuditoriumDigital image
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I.204.39Rise Stevens, member of the Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe, being introduced by "GI" Pat O'Brien, Minneapolis, May 9, 1942. 1 photograph: black and white; 4 x 5 inches and 1 photograph: negative, black and white; 5 x 4 inches
Rise Stevens, member of the Hollywood Victory Caravan troupe, being introduced by 'GI' Pat O'Brien, MinneapolisDigital image

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Actors -- United States -- Photographs.
Celebrities -- United States -- Photographs.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War effort -- Minnesota -- Photographs.

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